Barcaldine to Hughenden to Winton
Submitted: Monday, Jun 22, 2020 at 21:37
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Hi all
Can someone tell me the state (sealed or unsealed) of the road from
Barcaldine through
Aramac to
Hughenden and then back to
Winton?
Thanks
Reply By: Bob Y. - Qld - Monday, Jun 22, 2020 at 22:03
Monday, Jun 22, 2020 at 22:03
From what I can recall it’s bitumen from
Barcaldine to
Aramac, then
Muttaburra. Mostly black soil from
Muttaburra to
Hughenden. Instead of going through
Muttaburra, you could go north to Torrens Creek, only 30kms of gravel south of Torrens Ck, then west on Flinders Highway to
Hughenden.
Hughenden to
Winton is all bitumen, though some sections have less than smooth pavement.
Bob
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Reply By: Genny - Tuesday, Jun 23, 2020 at 11:19
Tuesday, Jun 23, 2020 at 11:19
I went that way
Easter 2019. There are no difficulties, with the usual drive to conditions proviso. Short patches between
Muttaburra and
Hughenden have bitumen around watercourses. I found these to have some fairly decent undulations requiring slower transit than the gravel road. I was towing an off-road camper trailer. The road would quickly become impassable with rain.
Consider doing the
Aramac sculpture trail. 200 odd kilometre mostly dirt road circuit.
Photos are between
Hughenden and
Muttaburra, and it had rained a couple of weeks previously.
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